Bolt and Fraser-Pryce are crowned 2013 World Athletes of the Year| News | iaaf.org Home of World Athletics International Athletics Foundation (IAF) Honorary President HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco and IAF &amp; IAAF President Lamine Diack with 2013 World Athletes of the Year Usain Bolt and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce at the IAF World Athletics Gala (IAAF) © Copyright 16 NOV 2013 Press Release Monaco Bolt and Fraser-Pryce are crowned 2013 World Athletes of the Year - READ ON for English and French language versions of this story - La traduction française suit le texte anglais Jamaica's Usain Bolt and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce were named the male and female World Athletes of the Year for 2013. Bolt, who won the award for the fifth time, and Fraser-Pryce, a first-time winner, received their trophies at this evening’s IAAF World Athletics Gala held at the Salle des Etoiles of the Sporting Club d’Eté.

The awards were hosted by International Athletics Foundation (IAF) Honorary President HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco and IAF & IAAF President Lamine Diack, who presented the trophies to the nale and female winners. Both athletes will also receive a prize of US$100,000. Usain Bolt, 27, previously the World Athlete of the Year in 2008, 2009, 2011 and 2012, successfully regained his 100m title and won the 200m at the IAAF World Championships in Moscow, winning the latter final in a world-leading time of 19.66. He concluded his World Championships by anchoring a Jamaican quartet to the gold medals in the 4x100m relay. Bolt won 10 out of his 11 100m races (including heats), and was unbeaten in his five races over 200m. “This season will be the one to go for the (200m) world record,” announced Bolt.

“I want to get ready to attack the world record,” he added, hinting that a time faster than 19 seconds was the target. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, 26, regained her 100m title at the 2013 IAAF World Championships, winning in 10.71 which remained the fastest time of the year. Having run the fastest time of the year in the 200m, 22.13 at the Jamaican Championships in June, she went on to win the gold medal over the longer distance in Moscow. Like her compatriot Bolt, she also anchored the Jamaican 4x100m team to victory in 41.29, a national record and the second-fastest time in history. “I'm shocked and excited. It's something that has been a dream of mine,” said a delighted Fraser-Pryce, who becomes the second Jamaican woman to win after Merlene Ottey in 1990. “Not all the time do things happen that we want to happen, but this did,” she added.

Other awards IAAF DISTINGUISHED CAREER AWARD Dwight Phillips (USA) & Yelena Isinbayeva (RUS) Phillips won the 2004 Olympic long jump gold medal and four IAAF World Championships gold medals in his specialist event before retiring from international competition in August 2013 Isinbayeva won gold medals at the 2004 and 2008 Olympic Games, has won at three IAAF World Championships and four IAAF World Indoor Championships. She was the World Athlete of the Year in 2004, 2005 and 2008, and has set 15 world records outdoors and 13 world records indoors. Earlier in the day in Monaco, Isinbayeva had also received the 'Gazzetta dello Sport Candido Cannavo' award. IAAF RISING STAR AWARD Mary Cain (USA) Cain, 17, has set numerous US junior and high school middle-distance records and age-bests since the start of the year and became the youngest athlete ever to represent the USA at the IAAF World Championships after qualifying for the 1500m, making the final in Moscow.

She ran 800m in 1:59.51 at the IAAF Diamond League meeting in Eugene to become the first US youth, junior or high school female runner to run faster than two minutes for the distance. She also improved the US junior 1500m record by almost five seconds when she ran 4:04.62 this summer. IAAF COACHING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Alberto Salazar (USA) Salazar was an outstanding distance runner in the 1980s, winning the New York City Marathon on three consecutive occasions from 1980-1982. He also won the 1982 Boston Marathon and finished second at the 1982 IAAF World Cross Country Championships. As a coach based in Oregon, Salazar has guided the career of Britain's double world and Olympic champion Mo Farah as well as a host of top US international runners including Galen Rupp and IAAF Rising Star of the Year Mary Cain.

IAAF WORLD JOURNALIST AWARD Gianni Merlo (ITA) Merlo is a journalist with the Italian newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport and since 2005 has been the president of the International Sports Press Association (AIPS), the global body representing sports journalists. MALE MASTERS ATHLETE OF THE YEAR Charles Allie (USA) Competing in the M65 division, Allie broke outdoor world records in the 200m and 400m this year, running 24.65 and 56.09 respectively, and set an indoor world best of 25.41 in the 200m. FEMALE MASTERS ATHLETE OF THE YEAR Christa Bortignon (CAN) Bortignon, competing in the W75 category, won eight gold medals at the 2013 World Masters Athletics Championships. She holds six W75 world records.

IAAF HALL OF FAME – 2013 INDUCTEES A dozen athletics legends, the 'class of 2013', were inducted into the IAAF Hall of Fame with the ceremony taking place on Saturday afternoon (16) in the Fairmont Hotel. Harrison Dillard IAAF Bolt et Fraser-Pryce couronnés Athlètes de l'Année 2013 Usain Bolt (JAM) et Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (JAM) ont été désignés aujourd'hui Athlètes masculin et féminin de l'Année 2013. Bolt, qui remporte ce titre pour la cinquième fois, et Fraser-Pryce, pour qui c'est une première, ont reçu leurs trophées lors du Gala de l'athlétisme mondial de l'IAAF, qui s'est tenu ce soir dans la Salle des Étoiles du Sporting Club d'Été.

La cérémonie était placée sous les auspices du Président de la Fondation internationale de l'athlétisme, SAS le Prince Albert II de Monaco, et du Président de l'IAF et de l'IAAF, Lamine Diack, qui ont remis leurs trophées aux deux vainqueurs. Les deux sportifs recevront en outre chacun un chèque de 100 000 dollars US. Usain Bolt, 27 ans, déjà récipiendaire du titre d'Athlète de l'Année en 2008, 2009, 2011 et 2012, a, cette saison, conservé son titre mondial du 100m et remporté le 200m des Championnats du monde de l'IAAF de Moscou; il a au demeurant remporté la finale du 200m en 19"66, le meilleur temps de l'année.

Il a terminé ces Mondiaux en beauté en courant le quatrième relais pour la Jamaïque en finale du 4x100m pour aller décrocher une nouvelle victoire. Au cours de la saison 2013, Bolt a gagné dix des onze 100m auxquels il a pris part (tours de qualification compris), et a gagné chacun des 200m sur lesquels il s'est aligné. "Cette saison prochaine, je veux m'attaquer au record du monde du 200m, et compte me préparer dans cette optique," a déclaré Bolt, laissant entendre qu'il visait un chrono sous les 19 secondes. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, 26 ans, a repris son titre sur 100m lors des Championnats du monde de l'IAAF 2013, en 10"71, resté le temps le plus rapide de l'année.

Ayant déjà couru le 200m le plus rapide de 2013, en 22"13, lors des Championnats nationaux jamaïcains en juin, elle a été sacrée championne du monde sur cette distance à Moscou. Tout comme son compatriote Bolt, elle a également couru le quatrième relais pour l'équipe jamaïcaine du 4x100m, assurant la victoire de son pays avec un record national qui est aussi le second chrono le plus rapide de l'histoire. "Je suis à la fois surprise, exaltée et ravie. C'est un honneur dont je rêvais depuis bien longtemps, a déclaré Fraser-Pryce, deuxième femme de son pays à gagner ce titre, après Merlene Ottey, Athlète de l'Année en 1990. "Les choses auxquelles on aspire n'arrivent pas toujours, mais cette fois, cela a été le cas!" a ajouté Fraser-Pryce.

Les autres trophées remis ont été les suivants: Prix de l'IAAF reconnaissant l'Ensemble d'une carrière Dwight Phillips (USA) et Yelena Isinbayeva (RUS) Phillips a remporté le titre olympique du saut en longueur en 2004, ainsi que quatre titres mondiaux de l'IAAF dans cette même discipline, avant de prendre sa retraite des sautoirs internationaux en août 2013. Isinbayeva, spécialiste du saut à la perche féminin, a remporté l'or aux Jeux olympiques de 2004 et 2008, ainsi que trois titres de championne du monde de l'IAAF et quatre titres mondiaux en salle de l'IAAF. Elle a en outre été élue Athlète de l'Année en 2004, 2005 et 2008, et a établi 15 records du monde en extérieur et 13 en salle.

Plus tôt dans la journée, toujours à Monaco, Isinbayeva avait reçu le prix Candido-Cannavo, remis par La Gazzetta dello Sport. Prix de l'Étoile montante de l'année de l'IAAF Mary Cain (USA) Cain, 17 ans, a battu de nombreux records nationaux américains scolaires (collèges et lycées) ainsi que de sa catégorie d'âge cette année; elle est également devenue l'athlète la plus jeune à avoir jamais représenté les États-Unis dans le cadre de Championnats du monde de l'IAAF, après s'être qualifiée sur 1500m, distance dans laquelle elle a atteint la finale à Moscou.

Elle a couru le 800m en 1'59"51 lors de la compétition de la Diamond League de l'IAAF d'Eugene, devenant ainsi la première coureuse féminine junior, cadette ou lycéenne à descendre sous les deux minutes, et a amélioré le record junior des États-Unis du 1500m de près de cinq secondes avec son chrono de 4'04"62 réussi cet été. Prix de l'Entraîneur de l'année de l'IAAF Alberto Salazar (USA) Salazar était un coureur de fond de tout premier plan dans les années 80, remportant le Marathon de New York trois fois de suite, en 1980, 1981 et 1982. Il a également remporté le Marathon de Boston en 1982 et terminé second des Championnats du monde de cross de l'IAAF en cette même année.

Reconverti entraîneur, basé dans l'Oregon, Salazar a guidé la carrière du Britannique Mo Farah, double champion olympique et mondial, ainsi que de toute une série de coureurs américains de très haut niveau, dont Galen Rupp et Mary Cain, l'Étoile montante de l'IAAF 2013. Prix du Journaliste de l'année de l'IAAF Gianni Merlo (ITA) Merlo est journaliste pour le compte du quotidien italien, La Gazzetta dello Sport. Il est également président de l'Association internationale de la presse sportive (AIPS), l'entité qui représente les journalistes sportifs au plan mondial, depuis 2005.

Prix du Vétéran masculin de l'année de l'IAAF Charles Allie (USA) Allie, qui concourt dans la catégorie M65, a établi cette année des records du monde en extérieur sur 200m et 400m, avec des temps respectifs de 24"65 et 56"09, et établi une meilleure performance mondiale en salle de 25"41 sur 200m. Prix du Vétéran féminin de l'année de l'IAAF Christa Bortignon (CAN) Bortignon, dans la catégorie W75, a gagné huit médailles d'or aux Championnats du monde d'athlétisme des Masters 2013. Elle détient en outre six records du monde W75.

Temple de la renommée de l'IAAF - les intronisations de 2013 Douze figures de légende de l'athlétisme - la "Classe 2013" - ont été intronisées dans le Temple de la renommée de l'IAAF. La cérémonie protocolaire a eu lieu samedi après-midi (16) à l'Hôtel Fairmont.

Ces nouveaux intronisés sont: International Athletics Foundation (IAF) Honorary President HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco and IAF & IAAF President Lamine Diack with 2013 World Athletes of the Year Usain Bolt and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce at the IAF World Athletics Gala (IAAF) © Copyright Dwight Phillips, Alberto Salazar, Mary Cain with their awards at the 2013 World Athletics Gala (IAAF) © Copyright Yelena Isinbayeva receives the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2013 IAF World Athletics Gala (IAAF) © Copyright Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Usain Bolt at the World Athletics Gala 2013 (Philippe Fitte) © Copyright The 2013 Hall of Fame inductees with the World Athletes of the Year (Philippe Fitte) © Copyright Yelena Isinbayeva receives the 'Gazzetta dello Sport Candido Cannavo' award (Philippe Fitte) © Copyright Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce talks to the press after winning the 2013 IAAF World Athlete of the Year award (Philippe Fitte) © Copyright Us

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Bolt won gold in the 100 metres, 200 and 4x100 relay at the Moscow worlds in August to take his all-time tally to eight golds and two silvers at the championships, making him the most successful athlete in their history. The 27-year-old, who also has six Olympic gold medals and holds the 100 and 200 metres world records, won the IAAF (International Association of Athletics Federations) award for the third season in a row and the fifth time in six years. "This season will be the one to go for the (200m) world record," said Bolt, hinting that a time below 19 seconds was the target. His current world record is 19.19 seconds. Compatriot Fraser-Pryce claimed gold medals in the same three events in Moscow, having previously won two golds and two silvers, and is also the Olympic sprint champion.

The 26-year-old Fraser-Pryce collected her first female World Athlete of the Year award, and it was also the first time since Britain's successes in 1993 that two athletes from the same country have won the awards in the same year. "I'm shocked and excited. It's something that has been a dream of mine," said Fraser-Pryce, who becomes the second Jamaican woman to win the award after Merlene Ottey in 1990. Bolt and Fraser-Pryce also receive a prize of $100,000. The other male nominees were Ukraine high jumper Bohan Bondarenko and British distance runner Mo Farah, while New Zealand shot-putter Valerie Adams and Czech hurdler Zuzana Hejnova were short-listed for the women's prize.

(Reporting by Josh Reich; Editing by Ken Ferris) Reblog Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce wins 100m gold for Jamaica at IAAF Moscow 2013 world championships - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce wins 100m gold for Jamaica at IAAF Moscow 2013 world championships By Luke Pentony in Moscow Updated August 13, 2013 07:17:41 Map: Russian Federation Jamaica continued to exert its world sprinting domination with Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce streaking to victory in the women's 100 metres final at the Moscow world championships. Just 24 hours after compatriot Usain Bolt won the men's final, Fraser-Pryce produced a blistering performance to win gold by a massive two metres in a world-leading 10.71. Fraser-Pryce already has two Olympic golds this century and now she has two of the same colour from the world championships, having also won in Berlin four years ago.

Her victory was never in doubt after establishing a clear lead by the 50-metre mark and none of her rivals were able to make any impression on the diminutive Jamaican in the second half of the race. "I had my obstacles - I was starting to feel pain under my left butt cheek," Fraser-Pryce said. Her victory is a massive boost for a Jamaican team hit by doping bans to sprinter Veronica Campbell-Brown and Asafa Powell. "I am surrounded by great people, I came here and did my best and actually won," she said. "It was really hurting but I knew what I worked for." Murielle Ahoure of Cote d'Ivoire was a distant second in 10.93 becoming the first African to win a world sprint medal. She edged out American defending champion Carmelita Jeter, who was third in 10.94. Adams wins another shot put title New Zealand's Valerie Adams made it four world championship crowns in a row when she comfortably took out the women's shot put final.

Adams, a two-time Olympic gold medallist, dominated from the opening round with a 20.88 metres effort on her first attempt, which was just two centimetres shy of her season best. She equalled that distance in round four and never looked like being beaten in the closing stages of the competition. German Christina Schwanitz posted a 20.41m with her final attempt to win the silver medal, relegating China's Lijiao Gong (19.95m) to the bronze. Veteran American David Oliver finally broke through for his maiden triumph at a major outdoor championship, scooping the gold in the 110m hurdles. The physically imposing Oliver was the bronze medallist at the Beijing Olympics in 2008 and he was rewarded for his persistence to win in Moscow with a world leading 13.00. Oliver's compatriot Ryan Wilson, who was making his debut a major championships at the age of 32, finished second in 13.13, while Russian Sergey Shubenkov thrilled the local crowd to cross in third with a time of 13.24.

Olympic champion and world record holder Aries Merritt could only manage sixth place in 13.31. Ohuruogu reclaims 400m crown Christine Ohuruogu won her second world title over the 400m, the Briton coming from behind to pip defending champion Amantle Montsho of Botswana at the finish line. Ohuruogu, who won the world championships in Osaka in 2007 a year before claiming the Olympic gold, ran a conservative first 200 metres before putting herself into contention coming into the final straight. She still trailed by some distance but Montsho, who overtook American Francena McCorory at the top of the straight, began to tire in the last 50 metres to allow Ohuruogu to pounce at the death. Both were timed at 49.41, a national record for Ohuruogu, with Russia's Antonina Krivoshapka winning the bronze in 49.78. In other finals, Germany's Raphael Holzdeppe upset France's Olympic champion Renaud Lavillenie to take gold in the men's pole vault.

Holzdeppe, who was third at the London Olympics, won on countback after both he and Lavillenie cleared 5.89m. And Poland's Pawel Fajdek was victorious in the men's hammer throw, with a performance of 81.97m clinching the gold. Hungary's Krisztian Pars (80.30m) and Czech Republic's Lukas Melich (79.36m) took home the minor medals. with AFP First posted August 13, 2013 06:10:32 Top Stories Bolt and Fraser-Pryce win 2013 World Athlete awards - timesofmalta.com Monday, November 18, 2013, 00:01 Bolt and Fraser-Pryce win 2013 World Athlete awards Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce shares a joke with Prince Albert as Usain Bolt looks on. Jamaican sprinters Usain Bolt and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce were crowned male and female World Athletes of the Year for 2013 by the sport’s governing IAAF at a ceremony in Monaco on Saturday night.

Bolt won gold in the 100 metres, 200 and 4x100 relay at the Moscow worlds in August to take his all-time tally to eight golds and two silvers at the championships, making him the most successful athlete in their history. The 27-year-old, who also has six Olympic gold medals and holds the 100 and 200 metres world records, won the IAAF (International Association of Athletics Federations) award for the third season in a row and the fifth time in six years. “This season will be the one to go for the (200m) world record,” said Bolt, hinting that a time below 19 seconds was the target. His current world record is 19.19 seconds. Fellow Jamaican sprinter Fraser-Pryce claimed gold medals in the same three events in Moscow, having previously won two golds and two silvers, and is also the Olympic sprint champion.

The 26-year-old Fraser-Pryce collected her first female World Athlete of the Year award, and it was also the first time since Britain’s successes in 1993 that two athletes from the same country have won the awards in the same year. “I’m shocked and excited. It’s something that has been a dream of mine,” said Fraser-Pryce, who becomes the second Jamaican woman to win the award after Merlene Ottey in 1990. Bolt and Fraser-Pryce also receive a prize of $100,000. The other male nominees were Ukraine high jumper Bohan Bondarenko and British distance runner Mo Farah, while New Zealand shot-putter Valerie Adams and Czech hurdler Zuzana Hejnova were short-listed for the women’s prize. Meanwhile, Bolt said that controversy over Jamaica’s anti-doping programme is scaring off potential sponsors and costing him money. “There is a lot going on with this drug thing that I really feel they need to be clear (about) and clarify because now it is causing problems for me when it comes to making money in my sport,” Bolt, who never failed a drug test, said.

High-ranking World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) officials went to Jamaica last month to look at the country’s anti-doping efforts after weeks of criticism following positive tests from several high-profile athletes. WADA president John Fahey had suggested the Caribbean nation could face severe penalties if the Jamaica Anti-Doping Com-mission (JADCO) was declared non-compliant. Only WADA code-compliant sports can participate in the Olympic Games. Jamaica’s minister with responsibility for sports, Natalie Neita-Headley, told a news conference at JADCO head-quarters last month that WADA had given no indication it was non-compliant. However, Bolt said the fallout from the controversy was affecting him. “It is really costing me money now. I am not too happy with that,” he said. “Track and field is my job.” Bolt’s manager Ricky Simms said rumours suggesting Bolt might not be at the next Olympics in Rio de Janeiro in 2016 had upset the sprinter and put off a potential sponsor. “I think what he was disturbed about was... the misinformation that was out there,” Simms told Reuters. “It’s a potential new spon-sorship.

They asked the question ‘Are you going to be in the Olympics?’ They don’t want to sponsor him and then he is not in the Olympics.” Advert See our Comments Policy Comments are submitted under the express understanding and condition that the editor may, and is authorised to, disclose any/all of the above personal information to any person or entity requesting the information for the purposes of legal action on grounds that such person or entity is aggrieved by any comment so submitted. Please allow some time for your comment to be moderated. Exclusive Interview: 100 Meters World Champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Talks Fitness! - Women Fitness Exclusive Interview: 100 Meters World Champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Talks Fitness! December 6, 2016 Tweet Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, nee Shelly-Ann Fraser was born at Kingston, Jamaica. She is a world-champion sprinter and Olympic gold medalist in the 100-meter. She won gold medals in the 100-metre event at both the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games and the 2012 London Olympic Games.

Fraser grew up in the impoverished, violence-plagued Waterhouse district of Kingston, Jamaica. She was raised with two brothers by her mother. Fraser occasionally competed in track-and-field events in primary school, starting at age 10. As a high-school student, she raced 100 metres in 11.57 seconds-a promising result for a 16-year-old girl. In 2007, while attending the University of Technology in Kingston, she improved her best to 11.31 seconds, placed fifth at the national championships, and earned a silver medal at the world championships for her run in the heats of the 4 x 100-metre relay. Although she was coached by Stephen Francis, who had guided Jamaica’s Asafa Powell to four men’s 100-metre world records, Fraser’s breakthrough in 2008 was sudden and unexpected. At the Beijing Olympics she won gold in the 100 metres with a time of 10.78 seconds. At just 5 feet 3 inches (1.60 metres). Fraser lived up to the “Pocket Rocket” nickname given to her by a journalist.

She secured the 100-metre world title at the 2009 world championships in another personal best (10.73 seconds), she also ran on Jamaica’s winning 4 x 100-metre relay team. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, held in Beijing, China, Fraser-Pryce won the gold medal in the women’s 100-meter race, with a time of 10.78 seconds. Fraser-Pryce is the first Jamaican woman in history to receive 100-meter gold. In 2009, Fraser-Pryce won the 100-meter Jamaican title at the 2009 World Championships, held in Berlin, Germany, becoming the second female sprinter in history to simultaneously hold both Olympic and world 100-meter titles. At the 2012 Summer Olympic Games, held in London, Fraser-Pryce won her second straight 100-meter Olympic gold medal with a time of 10.75 seconds, beating American track star Carmelita Jeter.

The win made Fraser-Pryce the first woman to repeat 100-meter victories since American Gail Devers (in 1992 and 1996).”It means a lot to defend my title,” Fraser-Pryce told ESPN after the race. “I trusted in myself.” Fraser-Pryce went on to win a silver medal in the 200 meters. In 2013 Moscow World Championships Fraser-Pryce won the 100m race in a time of 10.71 which gave her the world lead. It was her second World Championship in that competition after having won the title in 2009. With teammate and title-defender Veronica Campbell-Brown absent because of a doping ban and main competitor Allyson Felix withdrawing halfway in the final race due to injury, Fraser-Pryce won the 200m title in a time of 22.17. It was her first major title over that distance. As the final runner of the 4 x 100 m relay team she won her third gold medal of the competition with teammates Carrie Russell, Kerron Stewart and Schillonie Calvert.

Their time of 41.29 also set a new championship record. At season’s end the International Association of Athletics Federations named Fraser-Pryce its 2013 Woman Athlete of the Year. Fraser-Pryce and fellow Jamaican athlete Usain Bolt swept the sprinting events for their respective genders at the meet, winning three gold medals each in the 100m, 200m, and 4x100m races. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce first won the Golden Cleats Award for female Athlete of the Year in 2010. Fraser-Pryce was awarded because of her gold medal performance at the 2009 Berlin IAAF World Championships in the 100 meters and a gold medal in the 4 x 100 meter relay as well. For Fraser-Pryce’s outstanding accomplishments in last year’s 2012 London Olympic Games, Fraser-Pryce won the Golden Cleats Award for female Athlete of the Year for the second time. The awards ceremony is sponsored by the Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association in January 2013.

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce is the third woman in history to repeat as the 100 meter Olympic Champion from the 2008 Beijing Olympics and also the 2012 London Olympics. As a result, she was awarded female Athlete of the Year in January 2013 for her gold medal performance at the 2012 London Olympic Games in the women’s 100 meters, her silver medal performance in the 200 meters and helped the Jamaican 4 x 100 meter relay team win a silver medal. In accepting her award, she exclaimed, “It was a long year, as it was my final year in college, but it was a very important year for me as I wanted to repeat my title and wanted to win. I have to give God thanks for everything that happened last year.”. Fraser was named as the first UNICEF National Goodwill Ambassador for Jamaica on 22 February 2010. On 23 February 2010, she was named Grace Goodwill Ambassador for Peace for 2010 in a partnership with Grace Foods and not-for-profit Organisation PALS (Peace and Love in Society).

Achievements of Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce 1st 100 m Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce is the fastest women on earth. Winner of Two Olympic Gold Medals and Two Olympic Silver Medals. Winner of Six Gold Medals in World Championships. She is in conversation with Namita Nayyar, President Women Fitness. Full interview on Next Page! All content on this site is copyright of Women Fitness and no part of any article found on this site may be reproduced without an express permission and highlighted, do follow link crediting or preferably the original page as the source. This interview is exclusive and taken by Namita Nayyar President womenfitness.net and should not be reproduced, copied or hosted in part or full anywhere without an express permission.

All Written Content Copyright © 2016 Women Fitness 🔊 Listen to This Article Sprint Queen Fraser-Pryce wins third world 100m title | Reuters Mon Aug 24, 2015 | 11:43 AM EDT Sprint Queen Fraser-Pryce wins third world 100m title 1/7 Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce of Jamaica before the start of the women's 100 metres semi-final during 15th IAAF World Championships at the National Stadium in Beijing, China August 24, 2015. + 2/7 Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce of Jamaica (C) celebrates winning the women's 100 metres final ahead of Dafne Schippers of Netherlands (L) who finished second and Veronica Campbell-Brown of Jamaica during the 15th IAAF World Championships at the National Stadium in Beijing, China August 24, 2015.

Reuters/Lucy Nicholson + 3/7 Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce of Jamaica (R) runs in front of Dafne Schippers of Netherlands (L) at the women's 100 metres final during the 15th IAAF World Championships at the National Stadium in Beijing, China, August 24, 2015. Reuters/Damir Sagolj + 4/7 Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce of Jamaica (2nd L) gestures as she crosses the finish line to win the women's 100 metres final during the 15th IAAF World Championships at the National Stadium in Beijing, China, August 24, 2015. Reuters/Kim Kyung-Hoon + 5/7 Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce of Jamaica (R) looks up at the scoreboard as she crosses the finish line ahead of Dafne Schippers of Netherlands (C) in the women's 100 metres final during the 15th IAAF World Championships at the National Stadium in Beijing, China August 24, 2015.

Reuters/Kai Pfaffenbach + 6/7 Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce of Jamaica celebrates after winning gold in the women's 100 metres final during the 15th IAAF World Championships at the National Stadium in Beijing, China August 24, 2015. Reuters/Phil Noble + 7/7 Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce of Jamaica celebrates winning the women's 100 metres final during the 15th IAAF World Championships at the National Stadium in Beijing, China August 24, 2015. Reuters/Phil Noble + By Nick Mulvenney | BEIJING BEIJING Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce underlined her status as Queen of the Sprints with an unprecedented third world championship 100 meters title at the Bird's Nest stadium on Monday. With her long, dyed green braids flowing behind her, the diminutive Jamaican was not quickest out of the blocks but soon got into her stride and powered down the track in 10.76 seconds to add to her titles in Berlin in 2009 and Moscow two years ago.

Back at the same arena where she won the first of her two Olympic gold medals at the 2008 Games, Fraser-Pryce locked up a fifth title in the last six major championships in the blue riband sprint. "I will always work hard and do my best," she said. "When I ran the heats, I remembered back at the 2008 Olympic Games when I was a 21-year-old. "I expected nothing then. And I came out here again tonight and won a gold medal. I am really excited." Former heptathlete Dafne Schippers almost caught Fraser-Pryce with a brilliant finish but was more than satisfied with her second Dutch national record of the night in 10.81 for second place. The first European to win a medal in the 100 meters at a world championships since France's Christine Arron in 2005, Schippers was delighted to secure silver in her first season after giving up the multi-discipline event to focus on the sprints. "It’s a national record, I’m second in the world, it’s crazy," the 23-year-old, who won world heptathlon bronze in 2013, said.

"It's good for the country and good for Europe. I was a little bit nervous in the semi-finals and after that I think, Okay, I'm in the final, anything is possible. My start was good, I thought I was close enough to medal. Wow." MORE PREPARED Like Schippers, American Tori Bowie has not long turned her focus to the sprints after being predominantly a long jumper and she claimed bronze in 10.86 ahead of 2007 world champion Veronica Campbell-Brown (10.91). "I am delighted for the medal but I wished I showed a much better race," she said. "I think I will be much more prepared for next year's Olympics. "Coming here, I did not know what to expect but I feel excited inside despite the fact it is not visible from the outside. This a major stepping stone for me." Trinidad and Tobago team mates Michelle-Lee Ahye (10.98) and Kelly-Ann Baptiste (11.01) finished fifth and sixth with the third Jamaican Natasha Morrison and Nigeria's Blessing Okagbare (both 11.02) seventh and eighth respectively.

Fraser-Pryce's time was the second fastest of the year after her own 10.74 in Paris last month but she was not satisfied. "I get tired of 10.7s," the 28-year-old said. "I just wanted to put a great race together. I want a 10.6 something. Hopefully in my next race I’ll get it together. I just work hard and focus on executing." Schippers will also compete in the 200 meters but Fraser-Pryce confirmed she would not defend her world title in the longer sprint, despite being named on the Jamaica team for the event. "I am not considering the 200m, the plan has only been to only run in the 100m," she said.

(Reporting by Nick Mulvenney, editing by Ken Ferris) ADVERTISEMENT A look back at Usain Bolt's and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce's year on the track| News | iaaf.org 17 NOV 2013 General News Monaco A look back at Usain Bolt's and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce's year on the track Email Usain Bolt and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce were crowned as the Male and Female World Athletes of the Year at the World Athletics Gala on Saturday night (16), a fitting climax to the Jamaican athletes’ stunning seasons. Bolt, 27, previously the World Athlete of the Year in 2008, 2009, 2011 and 2012, successfully regained his 100m title and won the 200m at the IAAF World Championships in Moscow, winning the latter final in a 2013 world-leading time of 19.66. He concluded his World Championships by anchoring a Jamaican quartet to the gold medals in the 4x100m Relay.

Bolt won 10 out of his 11 100m races (including heats), and was unbeaten in his five races over 200m. His season started in February and March with two outings on home soil over 400m and then on 31 March he travelled to Rio for a famous outing over a straight 150 metres on the Copacabana beach, running 14.42. His first 100m race of the year came in the Cayman Islands in early May which he won in an almost leisurely 10.09. However, his next race, at the IAAF Diamond League in Rome, made headlines around the world when he was sensationally beaten by Justin Gatlin. Bolt showed no ill-effects from that defeat at the next Diamond League meeting in Oslo, where he opened his 200m campaign with a good win in 19.79. From the Norwegian capital it was back to Kingston where he competed in the Jamaican national championships, winning his 100m heat and semi-final before speeding to victory in 9.94.

He notched up a 200m win at the IAAF Diamond League meeting in Paris in what was then a world-leading 19.73 on 6 July before taking the the 100m at the IAAF Diamond League meeting in London three weeks later in 9.85. Bolt arrived in Moscow for the IAAF World Championships in August as the favourite for both the sprints and didn’t disappoint. He won both his heats and semi-finals in the 100m and 200m before taking both titles in 9.77 and 19.66 respectively and, on the final day of the championships, he received the baton from his team mate Nickel Ashmeade and took Jamaica to victory in 37.36, the fastest time in 2013. His season came to an end with 100m wins at the IAAF Diamond League meetings in Zurich and Brussels, running 9.90 and 9.80 respectively.

Fraser-Pryce emulates Bolt in Moscow Fraser-Pryce, 26, emulated Bolt and regained the 100m title at the 2013 IAAF World Championships, winning in 10.71 which remained the fastest time of the year and, like Bolt again, also won gold medals in the 200m and 4x100m relay in Moscow. It was a long season for Fraser-Pryce who had her first race in January, an 11.47 outing on home soil in Kingston. However, that was just an opportunity to stretch her legs and her first serious race came in May when she ran the 200m in 22.38 on her return to the Jamaican capital. Fraser-Pryce then reeled off three trips in as many weeks to the IAAF Diamond League meetings in Doha, Shanghai and Eugene, winning all three races; the first a 200m in 22.48 then 100m victories in 10.93 and a windy 10.71.

At the end of June, she ran the 200m at the Jamaican national championships and uncorked a 22.13 win and she also continued to clock fast times internationally with a 10.92 100m win at the IAAF Diamond League in Paris. However, the bubble burst in Birmingham when she finished second in the 200m at the end of June. She returned to form with a 22.28 over 200m in Monaco on 19 July, although she only managed third place, and Britain continued to be a bit of a jinx when, despite a 100m 10.77 heat, she only managed to finish fourth in the final in 10.94. However, everything came right in Moscow as she breezed through a flawless six races in the 100m and 200m, taking the titles in 10.71 and 22.17 before a sensational anchor leg in the 4x100m, with Jamaica clocking the second fastest time ever with a national record of 41.29.

Fraser-Pryce concluded her season with a 200m win in at the IAAF Diamond League final in Zurich with 22.40 and, a week later, a 100m win in 10.72 in Brussels to clinch the Diamond Race in both sprints.

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MONACO - Jamaican sprinters Usain Bolt and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce were crowned male and female World Athletes of the Year for 2013 by the sport's governing IAAF at a ceremony in Monaco on Saturday. Bolt won gold in the 100 metres, 200 and 4x100 relay at the Moscow worlds in August to take his all-time tally to eight golds and two silvers at the championships, making him the most successful athlete in their history. The 27-year-old, who also has six Olympic gold medals and holds the 100 and 200 metres world records, won the IAAF (International Association of Athletics Federations) award for the third season in a row and the fifth time in six years. "This season will be the one to go for the (200m) world record," said Bolt, hinting that a time below 19 seconds was the target. His current world record is 19.19 seconds. Compatriot Fraser-Pryce claimed gold medals in the same three events in Moscow, having previously won two golds and two silvers, and is also the Olympic sprint champion.

The 26-year-old Fraser-Pryce collected her first female World Athlete of the Year award, and it was also the first time since Britain's successes in 1993 that two athletes from the same country have won the awards in the same year. "I'm shocked and excited. It's something that has been a dream of mine," said Fraser-Pryce, who becomes the second Jamaican woman to win the award after Merlene Ottey in 1990. Bolt and Fraser-Pryce also receive a prize of $100,000.

Question: What nationality is Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce who won both the 100 metres and 200 metres at the 2013 IAAF World Athletics Championships?
Answer: JAMAICAN